Hauoli la hanau, Likeke!

Hee hee.  

Happy birthday, Rich!  

Thank you for being the hardest working, dedicated husband and daddy ever.  Ryan and I would not trade you for all the gummy worms in the world.

We feted him with garlic roasted red mashed potatoes, pot roast (my first..and last..since sawing through fat & gristle is so gross), an appetizer platter from Mika with karaage, shrimp tempura, gyoza and spring rolls), 7-layer bean dip & 7-layer jello.

Ryan & I gave him a canvas-print of our favorite Christmas family photo.  

Instead of a cake, we made his favorite dessert- triple layer peanut butter brownies!

And as a special birthday treat after dinner & dessert, we made him sprint around pulling all three boys in a wagon (they demanded that he create Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain Railroad for them). And judging from the high-pitched screams that only three pre-adolescent males can provide- he succeeded!